#C8A651#C8A651

#C8A651 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.111 H 87.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A651
RGB	rgb(200, 166, 81)
HSL	hsl(43, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(43, 60%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 59.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.57, 2.51, 47.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.57, 47.93, 87.00°)
OKLab	oklab(73.87% 0.0046 0.1112)
OKLCH	oklch(73.87% 0.111 87.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.9427, 40.1481, 13.4811)
Luminance	0.4015 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A651 #5173C8

analogous

#C86A51 #C8A651 #AFC851

triadic

#C8A651 #51C8A6 #A651C8

tetradic

#C8A651 #51C86A #5173C8 #C851AF

square

#C8A651 #51C86A #5173C8 #C851AF

split-complementary

#C8A651 #51AFC8 #6A51C8

monochromatic

#796126 #A78635 #C8A651 #D7BE80 #E5D6AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#C8A651 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#C8A651 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A651

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A651	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A651	1.00	2.33	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A549

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAE54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79A93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a651;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 166, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.111 87.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc085',
    500: '#c8a651',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a651;
$custom-light: #dcc085;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a651",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.857,
    "s": 51.965,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7387,
    "c": 0.11131,
    "h": 87.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A651

secondary

#A1B0D3

accent

#75DB4C

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A651

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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